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Rating images, Rating individual images, P. 236) – Apple Aperture 2 User Manual

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Part II

Photo Editing

Rating Images

Aperture provides a set of seven possible image ratings:

 Five stars, or Select
 Four stars
 Three stars
 Two stars
 One star
 Unrated, or neutral
 Reject

Rejected images appear with a white X overlay. Positive ratings appear with white star
overlays. If no overlays are displayed on the image, the image is considered neutral or is
not rated. You can rate a single image or apply a rating to several images at once.

Rating Individual Images

You can quickly rate a selected image with the rating buttons.

To rate an individual image:

1

Select an image.

2

To show the control bar, choose Window > Show Control Bar (or press D).

3

Click the rating buttons in the control bar to assign a rating.

 To assign the highest rating to the image: Click the Select button.
 To assign a rating of Reject: Click the Reject button.
 To increase or decrease the image rating: Click the Increase Rating or Decrease

Rating button.

Note: As long as the image is selected, you can change its rating.

4

To select the next image, press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key, or click the Previous
Image or Next Image button in the control bar.

Reject

Decrease Rating

Select

Increase Rating